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To align with the institutional vision in supporting research Objectives Coming Events
and providing suitable environment and resources needed • Enrich security awareness and readiness in Saudi
to excel and produce in important research areas. Prince culture Trainings
Sultan University (PSU) high management has approved • New facility for a growing curriculum of A series of workshops will be conducted to provide
the launching of Security Engineering Lab (SEL). SEL undergraduate and graduate cybersecurity hands-on training with practical exercises. Training is
contributes directly to PSU research theme “Data Science courses essential to motivate and educate a new generation
and Security”. • University publicity of cybersecurity researchers and professionals to
• Consultation Services (Governments & industry qualify experts in cyber technologies and systems.
“SEL’s mission it to motivate, educate and train a new needs) Launching the Cybersecurity club
generation of security researchers and professionals • Training services The club aims to provide students who are interested
to produce experts in cyber technologies and systems. • Hosting/organizing conferences, symposiums, in cybersecurity with the technical resources needed
The lab fosters several collaborations with national workshops and competitions to advance their computer security knowledge.
and international security research groups and centers, • Research/Master proposals MENA ISC 2018 hackathon
governmental agencies, companies and academic • Software security solutions products including
institutions with the purpose of excellence in security testing tools, datasets, and security services The students will participate in MENA ISC hackathon
solutions outcomes. Overall, SEL aims to contribute • Funded or jointly funded national and international where they will explore combating cyber threats, and
significantly to providing educational, research, projects many more critical topics being faced throughout the
outreach, and partnering security services nationally • Patents world and specifically in our region.
and internationally” • E4E (Education for Employment)
Dr. Iman Almomani, • Publications For more information about Security Engineering Lab
Leader of Security Engineering Lab.

SEL Current Projects
Vision SEL team is currently working on the following
SEL is looking to contribute significantly in delivering projects:
the vision and mission of PSU and consequently the
Saudi initiatives of 2020 with regard to research and Malware/Ransomware Detection Systems for
development of the security area. Android Devices
Smart detection systems and risk scoring systems for
Android malwares in general and Ransomwares in
specific.

Secure/lightweight routing in Wireless sensor
networks
Lightweight security solutions to protect the routing
services in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) from
different types of security attacks.

Broadcast Authentication in Internet of Things
systems
Efficient authentication techniques/ protocols to
secure broadcasting communications in Internet of
Things (IoT) – based systems.
Intrusion Detection Systems in WSN
Conduct research to find best match of data mining
techniques to detect intrusions in Wireless Sensor
Networks (WSN).
Secure SIP services in MANET
Adapt SIP services in distributed environment of
wireless Mobile Ad hoc network Net (MANET) in a
secure and efficient way.